Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§1167 Theft from gaming establishments on Indian lands
Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - INDIANS › § 1167
Summary
Stealing or intentionally misusing money or other property from a gaming business run by, for, or licensed by an Indian tribe under an ordinance or resolution the National Indian Gaming Commission approved is illegal. If the value is $1,000 or less, the person can be fined, jailed up to one year, or both; if it is more than $1,000, the person can be fined, jailed up to ten years, or both.
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Title 18, §1167
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(a)Whoever abstracts, purloins, willfully misapplies, or takes and carries away with intent to steal, any money, funds, or other property of a value of $1,000 or less belonging to an establishment operated by or for or licensed by an Indian tribe pursuant to an ordinance or resolution approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission shall be fined under this title or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(b)Whoever abstracts, purloins, willfully misapplies, or takes and carries away with intent to steal, any money, funds, or other property of a value in excess of $1,000 belonging to a gaming establishment operated by or for or licensed by an Indian tribe pursuant to an ordinance or resolution approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for not more than ten years, or both.
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1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(S), substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $100,000”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(U), substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $250,000”.
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18 U.S.C. § 1167
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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